Trefor Hogg

Adults and Health Select Committee - Thursday, 10 October 2024 10.00 am

The meeting made recommendations to both the Surrey Heartlands and Frimley Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) about elective and cancer care backlogs, and to Surrey Police about Right Care, Right Person. The committee also made recommendations to Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) about their mental health improvement plan.

Council - Tuesday, 8 October 2024 10.00 am

The meeting started with a statement from the Leader of the Council, Councillor Tim Oliver OBE, and a statement from the Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Councillor Paul Follows. The Council then approved the appointment of Andy Brown as the Section 151 Officer, the absence of Councillor David Lewis from Council meetings, amendments to the constitution, and noted the annual report of the Audit and Governance Committee. A debate was held on an original motion to tackle the increasing problem of motorcycles parking on pavements, which was passed. Another original motion proposed making Surrey County Council an “End Poverty” Council was passed after the rejection of an amendment to commit the Council to not reducing funding for charities that tackle poverty. Finally the Council noted the recommendations of the Communities, Environment and Highways select committee on the referral of a motion on plant based meals.

Surrey Pension Fund Committee - Friday, 13 September 2024 11.15 am

The Committee supported the proposed changes to the Council's Pension Fund Committee Terms of Reference and Scheme of Delegations. This decision reflects the ongoing project of ensuring that the Surrey Pension Fund is autonomous and appropriately ring-fenced from Surrey County Council, even though it is a wholly-owned entity. The committee heard a presentation from CEM Benchmarking on the fund's costs and returns relative to other pension funds. The committee noted their satisfaction at the successful application to become a signatory to the UK Stewardship Code. They also approved the fund's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures report.

Joint Health and Overview Scrutiny Committee (Frimley Park Hospital) - Friday, 6 September 2024 2.30 pm

The Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed a number of recommendations for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board relating to plans to replace Frimley Park Hospital with a new hospital building by 2030. The committee are concerned about the challenging timeline of the programme, and the lack of concrete plans from Frimley Health and NHS Frimley regarding the site selection process.

Council - Tuesday, 9 July 2024 10.00 am

Surrey Council met to discuss, among other business, their relationship with the newly elected national government, the provision of special educational needs support, and performance issues with the Council’s highways contractor, Ringway Infrastructure Services. The Council voted, without dissent, to approve the content of the Cabinet meeting on 25 June 2024, the minutes of the meeting on 21 May 2024, and the Scrutiny Annual Report 2023-24. They also approved a plan to update the Member Development Strategy.